Urban Monitoring

Today, over 60% of the population in the European Union live in urban areas of more than 50,000 inhabitants - with urbanisation as fact in many countries. Cities have always been the main drivers of economic growth and jobs, social change and innovations in government. Hence cities play a key role in understanding cohesion in Europe.

Therefore, this section analyses the performance and development trends of 80 major cities in the Baltic Sea Region by applying selected indicators.